Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The new E cards are a great, fun , novel and really easy way to communicate with your team. They have been designed for many purposes - congratulations, offering help, inactive affiliates, welcome new affiliates, birthdays, SFI anniversary and don't go.

Everyone likes receiving a card. It is just a different, bright and colourful way to get in touch. When someone has a birthday, you could just get a sheet of writing paper and write a birthday greeting - but you don't. You go out and buy an attractive, perhaps humorous, greeting card to say what you want to say.

These E-cards are the same. You could send your message via the team mailer or email, but sending the cards is more fun and your affiliate knows that you went to the trouble of browsing them all and selecting the one you thought would appeal to him.

You will still send your weekly team mailout and some individual messages about particular needs of your affiliates. The ECards are additional to the regular communications, not replacements of them. They will surprise and brighten your affiliate's day when he receives one. Start sending some out today and brighten your affiliates' day.

I have already used them for a few of these communications with my team and had some positive feedback. You will too, when you start to use them.

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The new E cards are a great, fun , novel and really easy way to communicate with your team. They have been designed for many purposes - congratulations, offering help, inactive affiliates, welcome new affiliates, birthdays, SFI anniversary and don't go.

Everyone likes receiving a card. It is just a different, bright and colourful way to get in touch. When someone has a birthday, you could just get a sheet of writing paper and write a birthday greeting - but you don't. You go out and
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

So far the answers I have read, give a number of things that have made the writer successful. I believe that the ONE thing that has made the difference for me is a2a.
I was ready to give up a long time ago, but was encouraged by a special a2a friend.
I have also been given great advice from successful a2a friends, and a lot of encouragement from these friends.

As neither my sponsor nor co-sponsor ever write, the connection with a2a friends is the thing that has kept me going and helped me to persist so that I have an EA streak of 20 months. I know that with their help, encouragement and motivation, as well as my persistence, I will make a financial success of this business.

Thanks heaps, all my great a2a friends!
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So far the answers I have read, give a number of things that have made the writer successful. I believe that the ONE thing that has made the difference for me is a2a.
I was ready to give up a long time ago, but was encouraged by a special a2a friend.
I have also been given great advice from successful a2a friends, and a lot of encouragement from these friends.

As neither my sponsor nor co-sponsor ever write, the connection with a2a friends is the thing that has kept me going
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I think the best way to stand out from the crowd is to be yourself. Put your photo up all around the internet – on your emails, on various forums, Linked-In, and other social media sites like Facebook. Also be active in these places and talk about a variety of topics, so that people get to know YOU – not just your business. When people see your photo they will come to recognise you and know what you stand for. This is called ‘branding’ yourself. You are your brand. The aim of this exercise is to have people come to know, like and trust you, so that will listen to your advice and follow your lead.

Build a blog in which you share your passion, and also build a blog to promote your business. People who have come to know and trust you through your interest blog will visit your business blog and be persuaded by you.

I think to stand out from the crowd, you want your own domain names, and not just take people to the standard SFI gateways. Have your own lead capture page and carefully written friendly emails which you write as if writing to a friend. Make them personal – again people will come to know, like and trust you through your autoresponder campaign. It is vital that you respond individually to any email that someone sends you with a particular question they may have.

When you are advertising your lead capture page, write your advertising emails in a genuine friendly manner that is not over the top and making wild claims. People will come to distrust you if you make claims that can’t be substantiated. If they have already met you in some forum or on your blog or somewhere, and they recognise you, you are more likely to have them open your advert because they will say, “Oh, there’s so and so. I wonder what they’re promoting.”

Another way to stand out from the crowd when tying to get people to join your business, is to have something special to offer them, that other people don’t. I have seen some SFI ads where people have offered free e-books on being a success or free membership of an advertising co-op. Make a product of your own that will provide real value to the prospect and offer it as an incentive to join your team, rather than someone else’s.

I believe these strategies will help you stand out from the crowd. I hope they give you some ideas and inspire you to come up with many more.

Best of luck.

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I think the best way to stand out from the crowd is to be yourself. Put your photo up all around the internet – on your emails, on various forums, Linked-In, and other social media sites like Facebook. Also be active in these places and talk about a variety of topics, so that people get to know YOU – not just your business. When people see your photo they will come to recognise you and know what you stand for. This is called ‘branding’ yourself. You are your brand. The aim of this exercise
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

This is tricky because people react differently. What one may consider as demanding may not be considered that way by someone else. I was a bit worried about that very thing with one of my PSAs. In the end I asked her to let me know if she felt I was being too pushy and she reassured me that, no, I wasn't and encouraged me to keep on contacting her and giving her more guidance as she needed 'pushing' to get the job done as she wasn't good at self motivation.

I think the safest way therefore is to actually ASK your PSA if they like or want your continued contact. I'm sure that if the person feels confident in understanding the business, and doesn't need your continued guidance, they will be happy to let you know. The important thing is to build good relationships in the beginning so that you are able to have friendly discussions about these topics without either party causing offence to the other.

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This is tricky because people react differently. What one may consider as demanding may not be considered that way by someone else. I was a bit worried about that very thing with one of my PSAs. In the end I asked her to let me know if she felt I was being too pushy and she reassured me that, no, I wasn't and encouraged me to keep on contacting her and giving her more guidance as she needed 'pushing' to get the job done as she wasn't good at self motivation.

I think the safest way therefore
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI must have sales from TripleClicks in order to survive and pay out commissions and EA executive pool.

I believe the best and fastest way to earn commissions with SFI is to focus on making sales through TripleClicks.

Promote useful products to your downlines - look for motivational books or other materials your downlines need and promote these from time to time in your newsletter or team mailouts.

Have your own products on your TConnect page and promote these to your a2a friends via your Stream posts and by email if you have swapped email addresses. YOu can of course also direct your PSA and CSAs to your TConnect page. Try updating it with new products fairly frequently so that it gets seen when people click on the what's new at TripleClicks when they do their Daily Actions. People may click on your new product and once at your page, see all of your products.

Then promote sales outside of SFI also. If you see something on TC that you think someone you know might want, send them an email or phone them and pass on the link. They may buy it and you will have customer for life.

Get yourself a lead capture page focussing on TripleClicks products and email the list you will grow, with news of what's for sale there.

Promote Pricebenders Auctions both to your downline and outside of SFI. There is very good commission to be made on the sale of TCredits.

I think focussing on sales like this is far more effective than focussing on gaining VP. Earnings from the Executive Pool are fairly small in comparison to what you will make via direct sales.

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SFI must have sales from TripleClicks in order to survive and pay out commissions and EA executive pool.

I believe the best and fastest way to earn commissions with SFI is to focus on making sales through TripleClicks.

Promote useful products to your downlines - look for motivational books or other materials your downlines need and promote these from time to time in your newsletter or team mailouts.

Have your own products on your TConnect page and promote these
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The purpose of a2a is to make friends. You should not expect people to offer help and assistance as a matter of course, but most will offer help and support out of the goodness of their hearts if you have established a relationship with them.

I make a practice of writing to each of my a2a friends whenever I see a chance to do so. If they win in the Daily Grand, win or write a good answer in Ask SC, post something in the forum, are among the top enrollers, or are listed as the latest class champ or some other milestone.

I try to make my messages friendly and ask how they’re going in SFI. Some don’t respond at my first communication, but generally do after a 2nd or 3rd message. When anyone writes to me I respond as well. I also keep records of my correspondence to make sure that I don’t forget things that have been shared in a previous message. If they have mentioned a sick husband for instance, next time I write I can ask how their husband is going or how their kids have gone in an exam or whatever they have shared. This is all about building relationships and being genuinely caring. I have offered to pray for people’s problems that have been shared, and make sure I do. In return people have also assured me of their prayers.

I feel very close to quite a number of my a2a friends and have swapped email addresses, phone numbers, or Skype IDs with some. I really enjoy these communications and have found SFI has become my social media. From a base of mutual trust you can feel comfortable in either asking for, or offering help. Some of my a2a friends have taken great pains to explain how they have reached their success. I have passed on this help to some of my affiliates, as well as to other a2a friends. People have asked me for my ideas and help, and although I’m not a big shot in SFI, I have some experience I can share with others.

Paul, just as building offline friendships takes time, so does building online friendships. Keep writing to people and be willing to open up yourself to others a little at a time. Share your own hopes and dreams, trials and successes. You will find others will do the same with you. Offer positive support and assistance to others and you will find others offering help and support to you. The Bible says you reap what you sow. Sow genuine concern, sow support and assistance, and you will indeed reap these.

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The purpose of a2a is to make friends. You should not expect people to offer help and assistance as a matter of course, but most will offer help and support out of the goodness of their hearts if you have established a relationship with them.

I make a practice of writing to each of my a2a friends whenever I see a chance to do so. If they win in the Daily Grand, win or write a good answer in Ask SC, post something in the forum, are among the top enrollers, or are listed as the latest
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I have had some experience calling strangers to enlist their help in the political arena. However, although these people were strangers to me, they had shown some kind of interest in the particular party by having attended a meeting, or putting their contact details somewhere. Yet despite their seeming interest, it is extremely difficult to motivate people over the phone and I would think that to use a telephone directory instead of a list of leads, would be even harder.

People do not like to be interrupted by unsolicited phone calls from strangers. It is an invasion of the sanctity of their home and private family time. And a phone call is more confronting to someone than an email which can be deleted or marked as spam, or a leaflet which can be simply thrown in the bin.

Apart from the inconvenience and annoyance caused to the receiver of the call, this method would also be totally inefficient as a tool for prospecting as you have no idea who may be interested, when someone will be at home, or when they may have time to talk. You could spend hours and hours with no leads at all and run up an enormous phone bill with no results.

If you want to prospect using the phone, I think you would be better off spending your time driving around the neighbourhood putting up advertising leaflets with your phone number attached, and allowing interested people to call you instead.

That is my experience of cold calling even with a list of people who were apparently interested. In my opinion, it is a last resort.
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I have had some experience calling strangers to enlist their help in the political arena. However, although these people were strangers to me, they had shown some kind of interest in the particular party by having attended a meeting, or putting their contact details somewhere. Yet despite their seeming interest, it is extremely difficult to motivate people over the phone and I would think that to use a telephone directory instead of a list of leads, would be even harder.

People do not
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I send individual welcome letters to new PSAs, but I don’t get 100 at a time. I advertise individually and gain individual responses.

If I were to purchase PSAs and have multiple joining on the same day, I think I would send a welcome message through the team mailer and just select all new enrolments for that day.

If you do this, be very careful in writing your message to make it sound like you were writing to one particular person. Always respond individually and quickly to any replies from any of your new PSAs.

If you realise that you are asked similar questions many times over, write answers to these questions and have them saved in your files. You can then quickly pull one up and then modify it as necessary to any particular person.

People do like to feel they are individuals and like to be treated as such. No-one likes to think he is being spoken to by an impersonal unfeeling robot. But it is possible to treat people as individuals and have them feel individual even if you use pre-written answers, especially if they are your own pre-written answers and modified to each individual’s needs.

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I send individual welcome letters to new PSAs, but I don’t get 100 at a time. I advertise individually and gain individual responses.

If I were to purchase PSAs and have multiple joining on the same day, I think I would send a welcome message through the team mailer and just select all new enrolments for that day.

If you do this, be very careful in writing your message to make it sound like you were writing to one particular person. Always respond individually and quickly
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Using a PSA's profile will tell you quite a bit about your PSA and his/her previous business experience. I think one of the most useful things learned from the profile is the amount of time and or money your PSA has available to invest.

You can advise how to wisely use that time to the best advantage and likewise what would be the best use of perhaps limited funds. If they say they have no money to invest, you know not to push them, even gently, to set up a Standing Order, but can work out a different strategy for that PSA to grow his business using free advertising methods and lead generating techniques.

If your PSA says he is comfortable in speaking to strangers, or has had experience in leadership, then you can suggest more personal forms of advertising than if he says he would be uncomfortable in such a situation.

On the other hand, to be successful, one needs to get out of one's 'comfort zone' and so knowing that a PSA is uncomfortable in a particular area can be the area in which you can provide specific training to help him overcome that limitation.

I hope these ideas help you to relate to your PSAs and guide you in the best ways to help and nurture them.
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Using a PSA's profile will tell you quite a bit about your PSA and his/her previous business experience. I think one of the most useful things learned from the profile is the amount of time and or money your PSA has available to invest.

You can advise how to wisely use that time to the best advantage and likewise what would be the best use of perhaps limited funds. If they say they have no money to invest, you know not to push them, even gently, to set up a Standing Order, but can work
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

There are several ways to get WAVE 3 signups outside of your downline.
Firstly if you are a member of WAVE3, you will have the TripleClicks decal on your car.
This will give you an opportunity to share about WAVE3 with anyone in a shopping centre car-park, or anywhere else that people may see your car.

Have some promotional material such as the cards you got with your WAVE3 kit, handy in your glove box ready to give to anyone who comments.

Also carry a supply of these cards with you in your handbag or wallet along with leaflets about SFI as well. Opportunities may present themselves to talk about SFI, TripleClicks and WAVE3 anywhere, so be prepared. If these people are interested, you have gained a new PSA or a PRM to TripleClicks.

However, I believe the best method is to try and actively recruit new PRMs to TripleClicks by having a lead capture page designed to do this. I have just created such a page, and have so far had 9 signups on it. I have prepared a set of emails in an autoresponder campaign which these 9 people are now receiving. In one of the first emails, I explain all about WAVE3. I am now advertising my lead capture page every day and so expect to get many new PRMs and WAVE3 members as a result.

I can't think of a better way to get WAVE3 members. I look forward to reading everyone else's ideas.

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There are several ways to get WAVE 3 signups outside of your downline.
Firstly if you are a member of WAVE3, you will have the TripleClicks decal on your car.
This will give you an opportunity to share about WAVE3 with anyone in a shopping centre car-park, or anywhere else that people may see your car.

Have some promotional material such as the cards you got with your WAVE3 kit, handy in your glove box ready to give to anyone who comments.

Also carry a supply of these
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